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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16985	An exposition vpon the Lords Prayer, compared with the Decalogue as it was preached in a sermon, at Oatelands: before the most noble, Henry Prince of Wales. Aug. 13. Anno 1603. VVith a postscript, to advertise of an error in all those that leaue out the conclusion of the Lords Prayer. Also, the Creed is annexed, vvith a short and plaine explication of the article, commonly called: He descended to hell. By Hugh Broughton.	Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612.	1613 (1613)	STC 3867; ESTC S114812	24,569	42

AN EXPOSITION VPON THE LORDS Prayer compared with the Decalogue as it was preached in a Sermon at Oatelands before the most Noble HENRY Prince of Wales Aug. 13. Anno 1603. VVith a Postscript to advertise of an error in all those that leaue out the Conclusion of the Lords Prayer Also the Creed is annexed vvith a short and plaine explication of the Article commonly called He descended to Hell BY HVGH BROVGHTON TO THE CHRISTIAN Reader Grace and Peace HAving in my custodie Christian Reader a coppie of M. Broughtons Sermon on the Lords Prayer I found it upon perusall to conteine the Summe of all Divinitie especially being so fitly compared with the Decalogue which maketh the sence more heauenly and the harmonie more sweet and being composed together with much plainenes and brevitie and also garnished with much learning from the auncient Rabbins which the New Testament alloweth which when I had wel considered I began to reason with my self why so worthy a worke should be hidde from the world and not rather be communicated to all for the common good of all especially considering that it was his continuall desire constant endeavour not to hide his learning but to spende him self and his whole estate in the service of Christ by advancing the Gospell and expounding the Holy Schriptures both the Historie of them and also the Doctrine of them And first for the Historie of the Scriptures he composed it in a most plaine and profitable manner into one short viewe which he called A Consent of Scripture and herein he did carefully explaine three necessarie Circumstances that is to say Tyme Place and Person without the knowledge of which Circumstances the Historie of the Bible can never rightly be understood and therefore with great paynes and no lesse learning he made many severall Treatises upon these three Circumstances first proving the truth of them by Scripture and secondly in defending of that Truth against the manifold Errors of former Writers and also against the manifold cavilations of sundry late Opposers And therefore all those that upbraide his learned paynes with the terme of needlesse Genealogies and unprofitable Chronologie they are worthy to beare the burden of their owne ignorance for howsoever they thinke in their owne conceite they know much yet in deede in truth they might know more to their greater joy and comfort if they did not despise the Holy Rules I meane the afore-named Circumstances wherewith God hath garnished his blessed Word as a speciall help to guide everie wise hearted Reader in the true understanding of the same And secondly this Learned Divine of blessed memorie hath also declared his speciall loue to the Church of God in adding much help for the better understanding of the Doctrine of the Bible although his manner was not to make large Common-place bookes because the most Writers doe imploy their paynes about it therefore he thought it more necessarie to imploy himselfe in giving Rules for the true understanding of the Scriptures and for the right expounding of some Common places wherein many Writers doe not agree because the scope of the Scriptures is not rightly understood and therefore he hath giuen us warning how to understand many Common places as about Predestination the Sufferings of Christ and about the Article commonly called Christes Discent into Hel c. Also he speaketh much and to great light upon the mysterie of the Holy Trinitie and of the Incarnation and Resurrection of Christ as also of the Fall of Man and of the great mysterie of our Redemption and of many other weighty poynts as appeareth in this insuing Treatise and in many other of his Works as in Iob Ecclesiastes Daniel and his large Commentarie on the Appocalypsis c. Now if this be true as it is most evident in the aforenamed books then it should stop the mouthes of all those that slander his learned paynes because say they he teacheth no Sanctification but they doe litle consider when they say so that the Ground of Sanctification consisteth in the Holy and right knowledge of the Word of God which must first be seated in the minde conscience before it can be practised in the life and conversation O but say some his writings are not worth the reading because they are so difficult hard to understand I answer with S. Peter that many things are hard to be understood in Pauls Epistles 2 Pet. 3 16. shall we therfore not count them worth the reading because they are somewhat difficult no no God requires the paines of the mind for the understāding of his word for it is a treasure hid in the ground therfore they must take paynes to digge for it that will haue it so if men could but endure the paynes of the minde they would speake more reverendly of this mans Writings but because men loue such ease they cannot see the drift of his Writing and therefore well may his great Learning lamente because so fewe regarde it for it is almost sollitarie and unknowne to his owne Nation because fewe doe knowe what his learned paynes may further which is more precious then Rubies Yea therefore his knowledge doth powre teares downe her cheekes because shee is understood of none But I would to God that some Learned man would take the paynes to contriue al his Workes in to one Volume that so his great learning might not perish in Oblivion but that the ages to come may haue it in Record for their help and furtherance in Divinitie studies who wil doubtles reape more fruit by them then we doe by reason of our vnthankfulnes and so the God of all peace be with thee Christian Reader and the Lord giue thee understanding in all things Amen The wise wil vnderstand Dan. 12. A Sermon on the Lords Prayer preached at Oatelands before the most Noble HENRY Prince of Wales TO THE KINGS MAIESTIE I Present vnto your HIGHNES an Exposition of the L. Prayer recorded in S. Mat. 6. euen as I spake it for summe of matter Many were desirous to haue it printed And for that I thought your MAIESTIE the fittest judge for the commoditie of your people For a Rabbin who wrote from Constantinople seuen yeere agoe to be taught from England I would print it in Ebrew if your MAIESTIE will giue me leaue to goe to Germanie where my Librarie yet is and some works which our Printers can not set forth for want of skil letters And I most humbly craue leaue to goe thither to print for truth of Religion all that my occasions suffer for English Ebrew Greeke Your MAIESTIES subject Hugh Broughton OUR Speach with God requireth all the grace that words can afford and because of our selues we haue no skill that way the Sonne of GOD teacheth us what words we may safely use and declare that the holy Spirit was out teacher So we may judge by the light that God planted in our soules when we